Churches around the province are starting to have in-person services once again, as the government announced Phase 3 on June 21. 

Church services vary greatly around Manitoba, from continued online services, to outdoor services, to indoor services with guidelines in place. 

One small town church, Maranatha Niverville, had their first service on June 28. This was the first time they've met in months.

This includes a member sign-up with two one-hour services to choose from on a Sunday morning, with a maximum of 50 people in the seats. To keep within the government regulated guidelines, every other row was blocked off, and anyone outside of a family had to be seated with three chairs in between. 

Many churches, especially bigger ones, are opting to continuing online streaming services throughout the summer, or host outdoor services in their parking lot. Some churches with congregations at a size of 100 people or less on an average Sunday are embracing the summer weather with outdoor church services in a members backyard. 

One of the leaders from Maranath Niverville, Daniel Williams, facilitated the first Sunday back with members in pews. 

His thoughts on how to proceed at this point is that, "Human wisdom and our ability to think things through, when disengaged from the heart, will always lead to self-preservation. It takes self-sacrifice, it takes love, and it takes laying down our rights out of the equation. It's going to require us to start with the heart. There's a swirl of opinion out there of how we should respond, of how we should meet, what we should do, what we shouldn't do, and I want to invite you to wait on the Lord." 

No matter what the church service looks like, Williams says, "How we share God might look different, how we gather might look different. But His plan, His purpose, and His promise will not be different."